Extension ash tray



June 15, 1954 J. 'BISSON 2,681,200

EXTENSION ASH TRAY Filed July 18 1950 2 Jay. 1

INVENTOR.

aywg ah BTZ'ORNEY Patented June 15, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to ash-trays for the use of smokers, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a form of ash-tray which may be removably attached to a side rail of a bed, for the convenient use of a smoker while lying on the bed, or which can be attached to any part of the casement of a window, or to a desk, or the like, and extended to the desired position, and which is very convenient for any establishment where someone is always walking around, such as in barber shops, dentists OfilCBS, cobbler shops, beauty parlors and many other places wher a floor or table ash tray would be in the way, or for use in ofiices, homes, and the lik where there is little room for floor ash trays.

Another object of the present invention i the provision of a device of the character described which is horizontally expandable as well as tiltable, and from which the ash receptacle can be removed easily and quickly for emptying and/or cleaning the same, without removing the entire devic from the object to which it is tiltably secured.

Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is of a pleasing outer appearance, simple in construction, and inexpensive to manufacture, but which is also sturdy, durable, and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing a preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fractional sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line t% of Figure 3; and,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal, fractional, enlarged sectional view as Figure 3, showing a slightly modified arrangement of the device.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing the numeral 2 denotes a bracket having a pair of parallel horizontal lu portions 4, which are in spaced relation to each other. The bracket 2 can be of any suitable shape and design, so that it can be secured to any vertical surface as shown, or to any horizontal surface (not shown), or the like. A vertical bolt 5- extends through the portions i of the bracket 2 and through a ball-shaped member 8 intermediate the portions 5, so that the member s can be rotated in a horizontal plan on the bracket 2. A shaft portion is, which preferably is made as a unit with the member 8 extends there-from hortzontally and is preferably longitudinally grooved or has a roughened or a knurled outer surface. A tube i2 is stuck upon the shaft portion H), which fits tightly into an end portion thereof. A tube it of a smaller diameter than the tube i2 is slidably extended into the latter and has registering perforations it in opposite wall sections of that end portion which is within the tube iii. A U-shaped resilient member l8 extends with its web portion through the perforations it while its flange portions have outwardly bulged center sections (Fig. 3) which are in frictional engagement with the inner side of the tube 12. The end 28 of the tube l2, into which extends th tube M, preferably is reduced in diameter, so as to afford a guide for the tube Hi.

A rod 22 extends slidably into the tube is, and a polygonal sleeve member 2% within the tube l l encompasses a portion of the rod 22, so that th latter will slide evenly and snugly in the tube 54. That extremity of the rod 22 which is within the tube id, preferably is provided with a bulging member, so that it is in a close frictional engagement with the inner side of the tube it.

Said extremity of the rod 22 could be of a larger diameter than the rest of the rod 22. However, in order to reduce the cost, I prefer to provide said extremity with a perforation and extend therethroueh a ball 25. In order to afford further guiding means, I prefer to reduce the diameter of the end 28 of the tube It, o that the rod 22 fits thereinto snugly.

While only one intermediate tube It has been shown between the parts 12 and 22, it will be obvious that two or more such tubes telescoped into each other could be used instead, so that the part 22 can be extended further from the part l2 than is possible With the arrangement shown.

The outer end portion 30 of the rod 22 is shaped as a preferably circular loop, and the bowl-shaped body portion of an ash receptacle 32 is extended therethrough. The ash receptacle 32 is provided with an outwardly flanged upper G rim portion, which rests upon the portion 30. Thus the receptacle 32 can be removed from, or attached to, the portion 30 simply and easily. The parts 12, i l and 22 form an expandable horizontal arm which can be rotated horizontally around the bolt 6, as is indicated in dash-anddotted lines in Figure 1.

According to the modification of Figure 5, the tube 36 is the same as the tube 12 in Figures 1 to 4, and the tube 38, which extends slidably into the tube 36, has a widened end portion 40 within the tube 35. The latter is reduced at 12. The parts 44 and 45 are the same as the parts 22 and 26 of Figures 1 to 4, and the end d8 of the tube 38 is reduced, so as to afford a guide for the rod 40.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and difierent embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

In an extension ash tray an ash tray support comprising a rod one end portion of which is perforated While its other end portion is shaped as a horizontal loop, a first tube into which said rod is slidably extended being reduced in diameter at that end through which said rod is extended and having registering perforations in opposite wall sections of its other end, a ball fitting into said first tube being extended through the perforated end portion of said rod, a polygonal sleeve member surrounding a portion of said rod adjacent said ball being inserted into said first tube intermediate the latters reduced end and said ball, a second tube into which said first tube is slidably extended being reduced in diameter at that end through which said first tube is extended, a U-shaped resilient member having a web portion and a pair of flange portions whose center sections are outwardly bulged and extending with its web portion through the registering perforations in said first tube and being with the center sections of its flange portions in frictional engagement with the inner side of said second tube, a head member havin a spherical portion and a shaft portion extending into that end portion of said second tube which is opposite the end into which extends said first tube, and a bracket member on which the spherical portion of said head member is rotatable in a horizontal plane.

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